The new Data (Use and Access) Bill drops several concerning aspects of the previous Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. Open Rights Group welcomes this as a positive development and a step ...

From 1 January 2025, people who have right to remain in the UK must have an e-Visas to apply for work, apply to use housing and other services, and to re-enter the UK. Other documents such as ...

The Home Office has published its latest Prevent referral figures, which show a slight increase in the rise in referrals compared to last year. As with previous years, the figures show that the vast ...

Open Rights Group has welcomed reports that the government is set to delay the rollout of its e-visa scheme, which was due to come into effect on January 1, 2025. Responding to the news, ORG’s Migrant ...

Civil society organisations, trade unions, academics and campaigners have called for the government to scrap proposals to remove the right not to be subject to decisions made by automated or AI ...

Digital rights campaigners have published the Alternative ICO Annual Report, an analysis of the actions taken by the ICO against companies and organisations that have breached data protection law. The ...

The Data use and Access (DUA) Bill will have its second reading in the House of Lords today. Peers will debate removing safeguards to how the police access, share and use data, days after a Met police ...

Read ORG’s full evaluation of the ICO’s activities investigating breaches of data protection law and our recommendations to strengthen the data watchdog. Data protection needs to be understood a ...

“We’re here, because we’re here.” Until recently, leaving a social media platform seemed likely to be an act of self harm, a way to lose friends and influence. Yet people are now leaving Twitter/X, in ...

Open Rights Group is the UK’s largest grassroots digital rights campaigning organisation, working to protect everyone’s rights to privacy and free speech online. We fight for a fair digital ...